King Felipe and Queen Letizia of Spain have arrived in the United Kingdom. Their official State Visit is set to begin tomorrow and will last three days.
In the late afternoon, King Felipe and Queen Letizia departed from the Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport in Madrid. Their Majesties travelled with a delegation of politicians, and this evening the Spanish King and Queen landed at Luton…
Care for a car with a royal history? The Queen and Prince Philip’s custom Daimler is going up for auction!
Expected to bring in £55,000, the five-speed automatic was Her Majesty’s from June 2001 to January 2007 and was often seen taking Queen Elizabeth and…
On this day in 1982, an intruder managed to evade security and break into Buckingham Palace making his way into The Queen’s bedroom whilst she was in residence.
This incident is to this day one of the worst royal security breaches in modern history, with The…
Seventy years ago today Buckingham Palace announced the engagement of Princess Elizabeth & Philip Mountbatten
9th July 2017
Seventy years ago today, Buckingham Palace announced the engagement of Princess Elizabeth and Lieutenant Philip Mountbatten.
The couple were married in Westminster Abbey on 20th November 1947 – meaning in just four months time The Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh will be celebrating their historic Platinum wedding anniversary.
The Queen first met her future husband Prince Philip when she was…
The Queen has hired her first ever black equerry – Ghanaian-born Major Nana Kofi Twumasi-Ankrah.
The 38-year-old will be tasked with supporting the monarch at her official engagements, which include public engagements and private audiences at Buckingham Palace.
He…
A Shetland Pony got a mouthful of The Queen’s flowers today in Scotland as Her Majesty visited Stirling Castle in Scotland.
The pesky pony nibbled her posy as the 91-year-old Monarch leant in to pet the animal.
But known for her love of horses, The Queen took the…
Date set for The Queen and Prince Philip's visit to Scotland Yard following terror postponement
5th July 2017
Buckingham Palace have announced that The Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh will visit New Scotland Yard next Thursday after their schedulued visit in March was cancelled due to a terror attack.
The Queen and Prince Philip were originally scheduled to officially open the new headquarters of the Metropolitan Police a few months ago, however, the terror attack on Westminster Bridge resulted in the…
The State Visit that was cancelled last year due to the corruption scandal will now take place from 12-14 July.
King Felipe and Queen Letizia of Spain will visit Her Majesty at Buckingham Palace later this month. The last State Visit from Spain to the UK was quite some time…
Queen Elizabeth will take private audience with Canadian PM Justin Trudeau
4th July 2017
Tomorrow, Queen Elizabeth will hold a private audience with Canadian Prime Minster Justin Trudeau.
Since becoming Prime Minster in 2015, The Queen and the Prime Minister have met once. The meeting was held at Buckingham Palace just after Trudeau and the Liberal Party won the…
It is Canada’s 150th birthday, and the Queen of Canada is celebrating the special occasion with a new Canada-themed portrait.
Sitting on an ornate gold-coloured chair and wearing a pale gold dress, Her Majesty sported a platinum Canadian maple-leaf brooch on her left shoulder, a piece of jewellery she inherited from her mother Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother. The portrait was taken by…
